NASA's James Webb Budget Cuts
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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
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NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope has been directed to prepare for up to 20% in budget cuts.
The observatory is only halfway through its primary mission.
NASA 's $25.4 billion budget request for 2025 set aside $317 million to fund the Webb space telescope.
A 20% cut to Webb 's operational budget would affect how much science the telescope could perform.
Trump has nominated billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to serve as the next NASA administrator.
Isaacman has flown in orbit twice on private SpaceX missions he financed himself.
The agency is currently being led by Acting Administrator Janet Petro , former director of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida .
Tariq is the editor-in-chief of Live Science's sister site Space.com .
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